Paul Potts
Paul Robert Potts ( born October 13, 1970 in Bristol ) is a British tenor. He became internationally known for his appearances in the British talent show Britain's Got Talent in 2007. In Germany he sold 3.5 million records.
- 4.1 albums
- 4.2 Singles
Life
Paul Potts was raised in Fishponds, a suburb of Bristol, on. His father was a bus driver and his mother a cashier. He has two brothers and one sister, and attended Mary Redcliffe School in Bristol. Potts studied philosophy at University College Marjon Plymouth. His thesis for a Bachelor of Arts, he wrote about the question of evil and suffering in a world created by God. The circulating in the German Internet rumor Potts possess a Ph.D. in philosophy, is probably due to the errors in translation, the English word "dissertation " ( " thesis ", " doctoral thesis ", but also " scientific work ", " lecture ") with the German word " dissertation " (excluding " thesis " ) equated.
During his school years he became interested in singing. While his parents were not interested in classical music, Potts sang in the choir of Chester Park Junior School and more than ten years in various church choirs of Bristol, inter alia, in Christchurch.
Was particularly inspired by Potts preference for the opera by an older recording of José Carreras. "I bought a cheap Carreras Recording" and "I first heard Che Gelida Manina and it moved me. To date, La Bohème is my favorite opera, " Potts said. His singing voice he trained by privately funded education.
The first successes
In 1999 he took part in the British talent show My Kind of Music and won £ 8,000. With this win, he took lessons in northern Italy to opera schools and Katia Ricciarelli Vilma Vernocchi and was admitted to the master class. For his education he paid around £ 12,000 ( € 18,000 ).
From 1999 to 2003 he performed on various stages as a tenor on without a fee. Of particular note are his performances at the amateur opera Bath Opera in 2001 as Don Carlos in the eponymous opera and as Radames in the opera Aida, both by Giuseppe Verdi. His performances were indeed published in television and radio, but have not led to his breakthrough.
Interruption of the musical career (2003 to 2007)
Due to a ruptured appendix in 2003, a benign tumor on his adrenal gland and a broken collarbone Potts could not continue his career first. Up to his performances in the British talent show in 2007 Potts worked from 2003 for two years in the supermarket chain Tesco and then as a seller of mobile phones for the retail chain Carphone Warehouse, whose business in Bridgend he rose in 2006 to executives.
Breakthrough
On June 9, 2007 Paul Potts resigned after three years of break in Simon Cowell's British talent show Britain's Got Talent on the ITV in Cardiff. He presented an edited version of his own aria Nessun dorma from the opera Turandot by Giacomo Puccini. During his appearance Potts was initially by the audience and the judges (Simon Cowell, Piers Morgan and Amanda Holden ) viewed with skepticism. His performance, however, came good. In his further performances on 14 June 2007 and 17 June 2007, his success continued with the main part of the piece Con te partirò ( Time to Say Goodbye ) by Francesco Sartori and the uncut version of Nessun dorma.
Potts won the competition and were rewarded on 3 December 2007 at the Royal Variety Performance in 2007 occur before the British Queen Elizabeth II. He received £ 100,000 ( € 125,000 ) and a recording contract in the amount of £ 1,000,000 ( approximately € 1.25 million ) by Sony BMG. Paul Potts first album, One Chance was released in 2007.
Excerpts from the show Britain's Got Talent on video portals like YouTube Potts made known worldwide. In many countries, his album One Chance was able to place in the charts, in many it even reached number 1 From July 2008, was his performance from Britain's Got Talent used in a commercial Deutsche Telekom. This resulted in such great demand for his recording of Nessun Dorma that she managed solely by download sales at # 3 on the charts in Germany, the hitherto highest position of a download-only title in Germany. His album reached only number 31 in 2007, returned to the charts and could eventually even conquer the top of the charts. On 21 February 2009, he received an echo in the category Rock / Pop internationally.
Potts is married to ten years younger than Julie -Ann since 2003.
Criticism
" His singing is technically rather mediocre. It is crucial that he ever sang that he, the cell phone salesman, has done it. For this he was acclaimed by the audience after his performance. For his extraordinary story. "
"I know students who can do a better. His charisma is expandable. It looks just like the effort to correct. The art of great singing is that you just do not see the effort. Potts is like the antithesis to what I teach my students. "
Awards
- 2009 Echo in the category Artist International Rock / Pop
Discography
Albums
- 2007 One Chance
- 2008 One Chance (Deluxe Edition)
- 2009 Passione
- 2010 Cinema Paradiso
- 2013 The Greatest Hits
Singles
- Nessun dorma 2007